Tracheal Intubation by Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in Pediatric Critical Care: Retrospective Study From the National Emergency Airway for Children Registry (2015-2019).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe tracheal intubation (TI) practice by Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) in North American PICUs, including rates of TI-associated events (TIAEs) from 2015 to 2019.

Design/setting

Retrospective study using the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children with all TIs performed in PICU and pediatric cardiac ICU between January 2015 and December 2019. The primary outcome was first attempt TI success rate. Secondary outcomes were TIAEs, severe TIAEs, and hypoxemia.

Subjects

Critically ill children requiring TI in a PICU or pediatric cardiac ICU.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Among 11,012 TIs, APRNs performed 1,626 (14.7%). Overall, TI by APRNs, compared with other clinicians, occurred less frequently in

SUBMITTER: Van Damme DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10842935 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature